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MONDAY, OCTOBER 20, 1958.

IKE'S LAST-DITCH STAND LETTERS

TO SAVE REPUBLICAN PARTY FROM DEFEAT

Washington, Oct. 19.

TO THE

EDITOR

Drama Criticism

John

Sir,-Your contributor Luit posca e question of what should the "poor critle" do to local drania productions. The answer?-Do as the "well-known British aclor" and the local school teacher critic did in his

Cuir

President Eisenhower will lead a last-ditch effort in Los Angeles tomorrow night to stave off defeat for the Re- publicans in the November 4 congressional elections,

with voting only 10 days 1icular, have several potential story of the Hertfordshire town away, all signs silll point to a critics among the younger memente und just tell the decisive Democratie

the Democratie party newspaper reader the story victory bers of desplie the urgent attempt in who would aitzin seats on

the exuelly like

local film the past few weeks by Mr Porcim Relations Committee.

"critics" do. Richard M. Nixon, the Vice.

The Administration, accord- President, to put new vigour Ing to observers here, would, if into the Repubilena catmpaign. | faced by

a lorgely

hostile The President, who is on a group, have to take greater

Th from A.300-mile coast lu evast, bus

far 500 only 4-21

soft declared that he will not answer Democratle criticisms of his foreign pulley. Mr Nixon, on the other hand, has expressed the view: "One

The road that

led to No. 10

THE January wind blus- tered icily through

the

Thester

CHLIST

hus

in count of dentocratle views on such issues as China, the Mid- elle East,

and disarvaanivut Luclear testhig.

the immediate Apart from isstu

control of Congress — this year's elections will also have an important bearing on

A

ame-

Let's face it--they are teurs-they don't do it for puy- ment. And they shouldn't be "drilled" by the producer. I didn't do presumably they Hongkong wouldn't get any plays at all.

In England, I have been in two towns (one in the North and one in the South) where the local theptres had about 4-0

The plays given were all the old months of a repertory company.

favourites and a few new West

of the reasons the Republican the 960 Presidential race. Party is in trouble today is beRepublican defent could affect

we have allowed

Mr Nixon's chinees in 1980. On peuple to criticise our polleler

hand the other

an upset End ones as well. They were and we have not stood up and

Eriumph

Repubiléans very well supported. for the

But not answered effectively. That is n

would put My Nixon In an ex- once do I remember them put- mistake. I don't intend to make

tremely strong position.--Reu- ting on a Shaw or a Shakespeare that mistake in this campaign,"

or a Moliere. If they had they would have had a very poor house for the week,

Strengthened

Mr Nixon, the probable Pre- sidential nominee in 1930, has, In fact, set the pace of the Republican campaign ond in doing so appears to have streng- thened his place as the future party leader.

The national Democratic at- lack is centred on Mr Nixon. with former President torry S. Truman leading the way,

the

Mr Truman, at a press co- ference ju Washington: This weekend, declared That Mr little knots of Nixon IVIN

10 elected people waiting outside the Senate by "eharacter assassina- tion in the first pluce" and had Palace.

not reformed,

Occasionally the crowd be- came excited, hurrying to watch the big black cars sweep through the Palace gates.

But most of the time they just waited, quiet, expec- tunt, an unspoken ques- tion in every mind,

The Democratie Digest, jub

national fehet by the Party's ermmittee, ridiculed Suggestions of a " ifixon" end declared: There is only one Nixon-lite real Nixon, the McCarthy, as he has sometimes been called, who will resart to any viliflention to win vol."

white-cellur

Objectives

President Eisenhower's main Just belore 230 p.m. a binek

car swept through the Paincertives in California will be to try to heal a breach there in

fer.

Knock-Out Campaign Against Algerian Rebels

Paris, Oct. 19.

Another local eritis criticises | the publle for not supporting our Joeni dramatic societies but stated thal Saturday nights (whereby they recoup their ex- penses) were "social occasiona”. Of course for friends and re- latives.

I've been to local amateur ciranatic societies in England- and taken part in their activilles and how do they sell tickets?- by putting on a play (maybe one of Noel Coward's) and sell- ing tickets to friends and rela- lives and people who work in "Mury."

the same

as "B" place

or

The French Army, in Algeria is launching a tories of knock-out blows against

Of course it's "ham" acting the remaining centres of

and the audience know it and resistanco of the rebel love it, because they know all forces, sources close to the of some of the people. But good government said here to-theatre? Nu. day.

The objective fixed by the French Prime Minister, General de Gaulle, these sources said, is to crush the remaining active rebel centre month and

within the next prevent any inter-

Rates and vanished into the Pepublican ranks and, to turn courtyard. The crowd gazed the the ring against Mrference by them in the Algerian at the man sitting beside the William S. Knowland, former elections on November 30. chauffeur, Their question was Republican Party leader in the

answered. In a few moments the Queets would be asking Mr Maurice Harold Macmillan accept offlee as her First Lord of the Treasury and her Prime Minister....

But what sort of

Macmillian?

Senate, In his biet Iur the overtorship, and against Gov- ernor Goodwin Knight, who is the eandidatur.for a seat in the Senate.

LIGHTNING

First of these lightning cam- paigns had already sturted in the Kabylie mountains, one of the most important lairs of the rebel forces.

The notorious rebel leader, Amirouche, operates in this re- ngo on where a few weeks French troops found the mass Tave of 600 Moslem soldiers Killed, presumably because they

What have we got in Hong- kong? Exactly the same--but with the added disadvantages-

relatives and for the friends

are high brow that the plays and that the so-called theatre is nu in a central convenient spot either in Hongkong or Kowloon,

11 is a great pity that we have aoi got a stock company and a suitable theatre here. I am sure that with the right plays, good acting and a central venue, the majority of the English (the services and their families), Europenos, and the English speaking Chinese would give it good support.

But let's face it, good theatre is not a "social" occasion or un opportunity to see someone make a fool of themselves, and amateur dramatics is not good theatre.

A dramatic reversal of the Dresent trend, not only California put in most other states, Is needed if the ite

are to win. If they way publicars

succeed It will be the biggest political

upset since President Truman confounded all the polls Ly defeating Mr Thomas . wanted to abandon the fight Don't "shout" the amateurs,

for the Presidency in gainst the French. The rebel Dewey

leader, according to Algiers rc- 1948.

AL stake this year are 436 ports tonight, escaped only by seats in the House

of Repte-ew hours.

Prospects sentatives; 35, or one-third, of)

To many of the crowd he was

little more than a tame. What more

is known or Mac- millan today, one year anni nine months after the Queen sent for him? Politically, His

Mature immense.

o' ending the the Senate; many governorships Algeria rebellion within a short and various state legislatures. Une are now regarded lure as

President Elsenhower has 4xcellent.-Reuter,

Papularly, he is as unknown

as ever, a man known by the blamed the present underdog

cartoonist symbols

have position of. the given him-Edwardian suits Party on uptly. He w try and a struggling moustache, tomorrow in Los Angeles and

Republican

in San Francisco on Tuest THEY WANT

night to shake the party out of that feeling and to give sup-

But now a writer bas investi-porters a litle of the crusading

hower to

gated the life and background spirit which carried Mr Eisen- of Harold Macmillan,

election his first From these Investigations there triumph in 1952,

emerges a picture of a remur. Hard Campaign

DIPLOMATS EXPELLED

they're doing their best!

Sir,

11

E.P.B.

Trade Mission

The Tratie Mission has been

SHEAFFER'S

NEW BALLS

WITH A POINTE

MARKABLE AT ALL GOOD STORSE

Robeson At St Paul':

lectern,

Standing at a American Negro singer, Paul Robeson is pictured as he sang at the evening service -in St. Paul's Cathedral, London on Oc- tober 11-fleuterphoto.

Jordan Withdrawal

UK'S MILITARY

Dulles And AIRLIFT WITHOUT

Lloyd Have

Surprise Meeting

Brize Norton, Oct. 19.

FIGHTER COVER

Amman, Oct. 19. Major-General Odd Bull, of the United Nations observation group in the Lebanon, said here tonight that the British paratrooper force withdrawing from Jordan would be flown in Mr John Foster Dulles and transport planes without fighter cover.

Mr Selwyn Lloyd, United

The sources added that con- He added that the airlift States and British would not begin before next Voys of petrol tankers were

hoping to resume their Foreign Secretaries had a Saturday.

neys Across Syria to eastern talk private 90-minute

Hawkers, Mediterrancon ports Six RAF Hunter

about the kere tonight on the he

a 08 said, would leave

same time. Formosa problem and separate unit. other international topics.

Mr Dulles flew to the Ameri- can Air Base here in Oxford- shire this evening from Rome

for

Lebanon.

Jour-

STERLING SILVER TIP

DATOR,

From the Files

25

years -AGO

THE

the

report that Chinese Finance Minis- teer Mr T. V. Soong has tendered his resignation earlier in the week, has now been confirmed. His resigna- tion is due to the mounting financial difficulties of the Government.

Mr

Wang Ching-wel and Marshal Chiang Kai-shek are.

now exchanging telegrams with the Finance Minister pressing hlm to withdraw hia resigne-

Mr

lion

Wes

A Nanking report and

resignation Scong's accepted by the Central Pollileak Council of the Exccu- tive Yuan and Mr H. H. Kung was appointed as his successor.

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to

In the Premisca Let column, 1048 this notice:

"Furnished, "La Hacienda', No 198, The Peak, Rent $180. Apply Property Office, Mesara Jardine Matheson & Co, Ltd.” There were also Front Rooms in the French Bank Building, facing Queen's Road central, from $50.

That Manchukuo will

THE sensational report

become a monarchy in the near future in given pro- minence in the London Dally Telegraph today.

The story emanated from the Telegraph's Dairen correspon- dent who declares that it is expected that the proclamation of a ranarchy under the former "Boy Emperor" of China, known as Mr Henry Pu-yi, and figure- head of the Manchukuo nd-

will mininstration,

be forth- coming in the early spring of 1934.

will Whether the monarchy represent a continuation of the old Chinese dynamic style, or whether it will resemble more a modern constitutional form of government, has not yet bren doelded, according to the Telegraph correspondent.

Scheduled for completion on February 1, 1994, the new Royal Naval canteen, next to the new Sailors'. Home and Institute (on Seamen's Gloucester Penil), has already one of the landmarks of the Hongkong waterfont. Comprising six floors in all,

become

with an adjacent theatre, the new building will be the most palatial of its kind ever built in the Far East.

.

con

The first road to be Jordan's petroleum supplica have recently been coming Instructed was Queen's Road, through the bottleneck port of which was commenced in 1842 Aqaba at the head of the gulf and 1008 known CLA Main of that name separating Egypt Street. It was subsequently from Saudi Arabia.-Reuter, extended to Shaukiwan,

would appear there are some misconceptions about the proposed Australian Trade Mis-

OVER SYRIA sion which will visit Hongkong from: November 13-15,

You roterred to it as an

General Buil, who is a Nor- Government Trade on a surpriso visit.

wegian arrived here today to Mission.

While his aircraft was being discuss with Jordanian officials

and Brush

officers military Birlikt organised and sponsored by the refuelled he had a turkey dig the British

which will ner with Mr Lloyd who specie parily over Syria and the Australian Exporters' Federa-neally came to see him. tion, and is therefore a private- Mr Dulles took off tonight ly organised mission.

Taipei for talks with

It will be under United The "Delos" is not a "trade

Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek Nations observation, Mexico, Oct. 19.

ship". This ship, is so con- and the ministers of his Na

that she Mexican

provides analist Chinese Government. Nationalist structed

ample space for the display of Party today accused two manufactured articles. The Soviet diplomats of re- Exporters Federation there- sponsibility for rocent dis fore, has booked passages for turbances, here and asked the members of the delegation

Mr

Jordanian official sources dis- Neither Mr Dulles nor that they be expolled wide

and sprice for the, display of a

Lloyd made any

statement to closed today that Jordanian variety of Australian

resume from Mexico.

expected to reporters after their discussion, airlines manufartured goods. The which is also understood to fights over Syria to Beirut in The Party accused

ship will be making her normal. have covered the Cyprus prob- the Lebanon

within the text Colonel calls at various Vladimir S. Makovkin, Soviet Far East.

ports in the

lem and questions conceining few days after months of re

by the Imposed the East-West nuclear tests de- strictions military attache und Alexander

K. LE ROSSIGNOL.

tection conference beginning in United Arah Republic, and another generation lunch-foreign policy is the chief issue Prikhodoke, Second Secretary of

Acting Trade Commissioner Geneva on October 31-Reuter. which Syria is part

able man and a remarkable Jamily.

Mr Nixon, after a hard com- IT TELLS of Msemillan's graud-paign on the West Coust, had father, in saber dark cloth, a weekend of rest, suffering awed by the Duke of Devou- from a slight cold in Colorado, shire, even when seen at a dis. Next week he will cumpalgy Lance.

In the eastern states.

Mr Nixon has been trying duke's hard to whip up enthusiasmi ranks and within Republican In the past week has concen- According to Mr Truman,

IT TELLS of Macmillian's wed.

ding-to that

grand-daughter

same

IT TELLS of our generation of trated on foreign policy.

Macmillans enduring hunger and distress on a Scottish Isle

The

.

ing on oysters, sleak, and in this campaign, but whether the Soviet Embassy in Mexico, champagne at the Turf Club,

IT TELLS the fairy story of rage

to riches, penury to power. It is a romance of our times,

It starts in next Saturday's

CHINA MAIL

there are

any fundamental

of responsibility for recent dis- differences between the parties broke out during demonstrations orders in the capital which

on any of the great interna-

lonal problema is doubtful.

Victory for the Democratie Party this November could

by students, rail workers and teachers.

The Party said their object was to form a "general con-

have a difcant effect on the federation of Mexican workers"

Tho

American lender' air-

General Bull FA to visit Damascus tomorrow and later craft will make a polur flight to go to Belcut to complete detalis

Eielson of the airlift. Taipei by way of the airbase in Alaska.

SPACEPORT IN AUSTRALIA?

conduct of foreign policy in the directed by a minority of Mexi- Sir John Carroll, Admiralty

con Communists who

future.

If, as expected, the Demoeri-obey blindly orders from

te party increases its control Soviet Embassy."

of the Senate, then it will have

for

"would the

The Nationalist Party nsked greater representation on the Mexicau Government (0 the powerful Senate Foreign tollow strictly, the Caracar anti- Relations Committee.

Communist déclaration' of Latin' The Eisenhower Adminlaira- [American nations and.

declare tion and Mr John Foster Dulles, the two diplomats persona non the Secretary of State, in par÷| grata-France-Presso.

Adelaide, Oct. 19.

Deputy Controller of Re- search and Development, tonight described "nonsense"

Sydney Sunday newspaper report that the Woomern rocket" runge wan likely 10 bocome £240 million [

sterling Commonwealth "spaceport" The report, in the Sydney Sun-Herald, quoted two of the scientists attending the. Afth Commonwealth defence selenco conference | in Australia: as saying that confidential dis- cussions on these lines

of

had been going on in Bri- tain for some time.

Sir John is leading the United Kingdom delega- tion at a meeting of the. Commonwealth Advisory Committee on defence solence, which opens ut Sallsbury, near here, to morrow.--Reuter,

This Funny World

WILKINSON

"That's men for you-falling for the old-fashioned girl,"

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